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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Dates and Times strftime & strptime

Kennedy Malonga
Kennedy Malonga
22,856 Points
Posted by Kennedy Malonga
Kennedy Malonga
22,856 Points

Create a new function named from_string that takes two arguments: a date as a string and an strftime-compatible format s

it does not match please help

timestrings.py 
## Examples
# to_string(datetime_object) => "24 September 2012"
# from_string("09/24/12 18:30", "%m/%d/%y %H:%M") => datetime
import datetime

def to_string(date1):
    return date1.strftime('%d %B %Y')

def from_string(date1, datetime2):
    return datetime.datetime.strptime(date1, "09/24/12")
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

This looks like a duplicate of your previous question, see the answer(s) there.
You might want to delete this one, click the little rectangle with the 3 dots to reveal the option to "Delete Question".